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Blog About and Share a Literacy Resource for Struggling Readers

  • Posted by Susan Ruckdeschel
  • On 28 June, 2015
  • 3112 Comments

Let’s take all this knowledge from our course Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers and put it to productive good. Whether a new literacy resource, a differentiated resource, a resource for inclusive classrooms, or one focused specifically on struggling readers, let’s share a resource and talk about it in this blog.

  1. First, tell us why you chose the resource.
  2. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it.
  3. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers.

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3112 Comments

Chelsey A Brown
My students are currently using the I-Ready Program. It is a program that is used for all level students and helps to bridge the gaps in their learning. This program is used throughout my district and vital within our data discussions. My students enjoy working on this program and tracking their growth. For my ELL students, it allows them to build confidence and practice the behavior theory. Hearing this academic language allows them to be familiar with grade level language as they learn vocabulary bridge their gaps.
Meghan Loid
Words Their Way is a great resource for phonemic awareness and phonics. It has children sort words (starting with pictures) based on the sound it makes. This resource works effectively because it focuses on the sounds and distinguishes the rimes and onsets. I have used this with tier 3 students as an intervention.
Amy Barnhard
In my classroom I use the I-ready program for all of my students. My students are expected to get an hour of reading instruction on i-ready a week. I love i-ready because it places my students at their level. I also am able to assign lessons to students and see which concepts they are struggling on and which concepts that they know. www.iready.com
Jen Rondeau
Heggerty's Phonemic Awareness flip-book is a great resource. It provides daily lessons that can be completed whole group in about 10-15 minutes. It focuses on letter-sound recognition and language awareness. For struggling readers, the lessons can be done again in small group based on students' needs. https://www.heggerty.org/phonemic-awareness-curriculum
Lena Hernandez
First, tell us why you chose the resource. Next, provide us with a link to the resource and a brief description of it. Explain how the resource works effectively, or has the potential to work effectively, with struggling readers. I have used Commonlit often in my classroom. I like this resource because they have a large library of topic to choose from, and you can scale the questions based on the reading level of the students. I like to use this with struggling readers because the program will grade work and let you know what areas the student is struggling in. It will also provide interventions and suggested readings to help the student improve their skills.
Janie
We use the Iready program. Our school purchases the toolbox. So, we can assign all levels of lessons. For example, if a student is performing at a second grade level in phonic. I can assign phonics lessons at that level. The assignments are animated, and the children can play games with earned coins.
Maya
I find the resource www.epic.com to be a valuable resource to students. Students can read independently, along with the voice, or listen to a read aloud. Occasionally, dictionaries are provided for nonfiction topics.
Christie Morreale
This Reading Mama has many ideas for helping the struggling reader.My favorite and stand by is have them constantly reading at their independent level. Read, Read, Read!! This link contains lots of activities for students with reading gaps. It even has an assessment to determine areas of need! https://thisreadingmama.com/ultimate-list-free-phonics-activities/
Chanda Leon
I teach Biology I and Biology 1 Honors. Vocabulary plays a very important role in students mastering the content standards. The resource I would like to share is www.quizlet.com. This resource allows students to create a study set or utilize the study sets from other makers. Once the study set is created, students can review key vocabulary terms by playing high interest review games, studying with classic notecards, and/or completing a study test. When ELLs have confidence with the science vocabulary, it gives them a sense of confidence for the other practice tasks that are utilized throughout the course.
Chanda Leon
Vocabulary plays a very important role in students mastering the content standards. The resource I would like to share is www.quizlet.com. This resource allows students to create a study set or utilize the study sets from other makers. Once the study set is created, students can review key vocabulary terms by playing high interest review games, studying with classic notecards, and/or completing a study test. When ELLs have confidence with the science vocabulary, it gives them a sense of confidence for the other practice tasks that are utilized throughout the course.
KMays
I am sharing https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/. It is designed for students not only for beginner readers, but also those who are in upper grades and continue to struggle in reading. Who doesn't like a free piece of software that will help their students? It is accessible at school or home.
Stacey McLain
https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/This is a great resource not only for teachers but also for parents of sruggling readers. It gives 12 resources that help deal with struggling readers
Mary
I agree with Adriana Lugo that education.com is a great resource that my students love. I pay for the program out of pocket because the students see it as a game but they are learning at the same time.
Leo Vollbracht
I would recommend readinga-z this is a great site for reading materials on all levels. The texts are high interest and come with low and high order questioning. Their guided reading section allows for scaffolding of ideas and skills. https://www.readinga-z.com/
A. Butts
I like using MyOn @ myon.com It allows students to access thousands of books on their reading level and interest level. I require my students to read so many books per week on their individual reading levels but also allow them to read any books of interest once their weekly required reading is completed. Struggling readers have something to look forward to by being allowed to read anything of interest.
Cherie
I use I-Ready for my students. The reason why I chose this resource is because of its ability to provide differentiated lessons to students on the same topic. For instance, we did a study on fables. Students needed to be able to identify the lesson learned (what the author wanted to tell readers). Using I-Ready, I assigned lessons at the individualized reading level, which let students practice identifying the lesson learned. The back-end of the website provided data on how well the students were doing. I was then able to provide additional support for those that needed it. i-ready.com
Heidi Farach
A favorite resource in my classroom is Imagine Learning, an online program which teaches English to speakers of other languages. I often differentiate by using a lesson first whole group and then moving to small group to continue discussion of the topic.
Dale Smith
The resource I would like to share is NewsELA. They provide grade level specific readings with questions aimed at defining the text structure for any given article.
Kimberly Alexander
I chose to share this resource because I have seen special education teachers use this with their students and see wonderful gains in their classrooms. The website is called Teach Your Monster to Read. It is a free resource where students can create their own monster and travel through a magical world. They win prizes as their monster learns the first steps of reading. The series takes children on a journey through the graphemes; rehearsing recognition, blending and segmenting with each one. Children rehearse tricky words, plus reading whole sentences and captions.
Billy B
iReady allows each student to work independently at his or her own level. It's invaluable.
Kimberly Alexander
I would like to share ABC Mouse. It enhance pre reading and early learning in all subject areas. It is free to teachers and charges minimally for parents/caregivers. It can be used at home or school to help remediate struggling readers.
Jensina Barnes
Here is the information that I found useful for struggling readers. I especially like this site because it is user friendly for both educators and parents alike. Additionally, it provides multiple resources for difference concerns or areas that people would like to further explore. https://thisreadingmama.com/12-incredible-resources-for-struggling-readers/
Jen Rondeau
A new resource that I am using if Flocabulary. During out first quarter running records, many of my students struggled moving to the next reading level due to a lack of reading accuracy from struggling with vocabulary. My students find it engaging and they feel like they are playing games. https://www.flocabulary.com/
Jen Rondeau
A new resource that I am using is Flocabulary. During out first quarter running records, many of my students struggled moving to the next reading level due to a lack of reading accuracy from struggling with vocabulary. My students find it engaging and they feel like they are playing games. https://www.flocabulary.com/
Laurie W Corkran
I'm sharing the resources of Versitiles. If you're not familiar with this tool, it can be used for any subject and is a hands-on, self-correcting practice. I like it because students can work on their own in centers and get immediate feedback. In addition, they work at their own pace. Here is the link: https://www.hand2mind.com/brands/versatiles. How it works is there are little trays with letters and questions that go with a pattern the children will make with numbered tiles if they get an answer correct. It can help with struggling readers because the questions have choices and if they pick out the right one, it completes the pattern. If not, they can easily go back and find the incorrect tile and look at the question again to correct it on their own.
Dawn
I chose this resource because it gives practical ideas as to how a school can reach struggling readers. https://www.edweb.net/.5a57b0b2 This article from LearningAlly.com provides ideas, programs and activities that schools and classrooms can use to create a culture of reading which will support struggling readers and promote lifelong love of reading for all students. It addresses students with specific needs such as ELL learners and readers with dyslexia. It is a simple, easy to read guide that can help schools and teachers investigate ways to motivate and support readers.
Dawn E Wagner
I chose this article because it provides practical tips, information and resources for schools and classrooms working to help struggling readers. https://www.edweb.net/.5a57b0b2 These 45 Tips for Struggling readers, written by LearningAlly.com, provide schools and classrooms wishing to create a culture of reading and support struggling readers with simple, meaningful strategies to reach all readers. The article discusses specific reading challenges such as students with dyslexia and ELL learners.
Daisy R.
I like the Iready program that we use for math and reading. Students will work at the level they are. Students will take a diagnostic and it will place them at their level and they will advance as they pass lessons.
Heather Hoffman
One of my favorite resources to use with my students is "EPIC". The site offers an entire online library of books for students to access. They are offered at all different levels, genres, option of listening to the book, videos, and some comprehension assessments. I've even used many of the books on their for my own lessons with my students by projecting the books on my promethean board.
Vanessa
We use I-Ready in the classroom for our readers. It is a program that works with the level that the students are currently at. It challenges them little-by-little and tracks their progression. Teachers can get regular reports to a student’s progress. Teachers can also specifically assign lessons as they see fit for each students.
Darby
One of my favorite resources is www.spellingcity.com because it is very user friendly and accessible on all devices. I like that I can use it to create word lists and the students and their parents have access to the account. This way the student can practice at home and the parents can help them.
Elizabeth Ross
Reading A-Z is a great resource for ELL students. Reading A-Z gives teachers access to many different collections of printable and projectable leveled books with activity sheets. These book offer phonics, fluency, and vocabulary for developmentally appropriate instruction. Teachers will also find resources to help meet the language needs of ELLs at all levels of language proficiency, from beginning to more advanced students.
Toccara Johnson
Reading Rockets is a great website for teachers to use to find tips on different topics such as help for struggling readers as well as much more. It also provides resources and tips for parents. https://www.readingrockets.org/ Another resource that students can use directly that I like is the Achieve 3000 program Smarty Ants. We use the program at school but Smarty Ants can be accessed at home for students to work on reading and phonics skills. https://www.achieve3000.com/ https://play.smartyants.com/login
Jessica Crites
One of my favorite resources is Colorin Colorado. This website provides many helpful resources to encourage different ways to use strategies within the Classroom for ELL learners. Mainly within our content.
Denise
Resources for ELL students. It gives teachers to do different projectects on different levels. Activity sheets is a great resources to help meet the needs of students.
Sherri Rupe
In my first grade classroom I use Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (P.A.L.S.) by Fuchs & Fuchs. This is a scientifically researched program that I was trained to use in my second year of teaching. However, it is still by far my favorite resource. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ693939.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sample-Sounds-and-Words-lesson-sheet-for-First-Grade-PALS_fig4_247498599 How it works: Students are strategically paired with a partner to progress through the lessons 5-70 independently. Partners are changed every 4-6 weeks. Groups of students are chosen by splitting the class in half from low to high based on benchmark scores into two lists. Each list pairs students from top to bottom until they meet in the middle. This way an advanced high is never paired with the lowest struggling readers. The strongest reader is always the first reader and the second student is the first pointer. However, the students just know they get to take turns being the teacher (pointer). There is a practiced script for instructions on corrections and the first five lessons are modeled by the teacher. Each lesson has four components, phonics, segmenting & blending in words, sight words and a reading passage for fluency practice. After each section there is a happy face for each student to fill in. Each section is read once per student & 3x each on the reading passages. Student use different colored highlighters to track the print while their partner reads. This encourages both students to be looking at the words. Phonics: begins with repetition of targeted sounds, increasing in difficulty and amount from individual sounds to diphthongs (vowel combinations) Blending and segmenting: 6 words are listed with dots under sounds for example: D o g the students dot each sound then read whole word . . . The script is “Sound it out, Read it Fast” Sight Words: On the back of the paper there are targeted sight words which increase in difficulty and repetition. If a student makes a mistake the scripted prompt “Stop. That word is_____. What word? Good, start the line again.” Fluency: The last section contains a short reading passage that incorporates the words and sounds in that lesson. The students read alternating 3x each. The stories increase in difficulty through each lesson and new vocabulary words are added each day that is previewed by the teacher. How I use it. I have adapted it in that I sit with the lowest 2 performing students in the room and complete the lessons at a modified pace. Some groups start at a higher lesson. Extension: After each PALS session, I ask the students comprehension questions about the passage to be sure they read and understood. There is also a 2nd grade P.A.L.S that comes with scripted questions prompts the students ask each other as they read teacher selected books. *See Example Below:
Melissa MacGregor
We use IReady in my district to help struggling readers. The students take a diagnostic test at the beginning of the year, the middle of the year, and at the end of the year to measure their growth. This has helped our students because it allows them to learn on the level they are on, but at the same time helps them grow.
Marissa Coxe
Starfall is a resource for students grades K-3. It provides students with the opportunity to practice reading, phonics, fluency and more. Students learn through interactive play with audio and visual displays. The site can also be used at home and is user friendly and free for parents. The site is aligned with standards and students can be assigned lessons.
A. Butts
Myon is a great way for readers to read on their zpd levels as well as interest levels.
A. Butts
I liked using IReady for reading. It gave students practice they could work on daily, at their level. It also provides the teacher with a wealth of information as to where there students are in all aspects of reading.
Angie Butts
I liked using IReady for reading. It gave students practice they could work on daily, at their level. It also provides the teacher with a wealth of information as to where there students are in all aspects of reading.
Jeffrey White
I choose the resource PBS.Kids because it is an easily accessible online resource. Kids can get to it easily. It is informative and covers many reading topics that are applicable to struggling readers. https://pbskids.org/ It is a web site that uses new technology to assist kids success in math, reading and writing skills. It reaches millions of families every year and is a great resource for those developing academically. It has apps and games that would facilitate reading and interaction on school subjects (math, science, geography, reading etc.)
Erica Bodie
One of the resources that we use at our school Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum the website is heinemann.com. We use Fountas and Pinnell (F and P) because it allows the teacher to assess the students reading comprehension within and beyond the text and fluency level. It also is a great resource to allow the students access to show their growth. I chose this resource because I have used it with great success with struggling readers. This resource is an excellent way to plan your guided reading groups and allow students to know what band of books to place in their book baggies for independent reading. It has a phonemic and phonics component as well.
Daniela
My favorite resource to use is IReady. I like how I can go through to choose the lesson that I’ll be focusing on to help the struggling learner. IReady is also very helpful in planning and giving resources and steps to take when one part of the standard is missing for the student, where to go back to. I also feel because we rely so much on it for our student data that it is so helpful to use IReady whenever possible so the students are familiar with the format and verbiage when it comes time for a diagnostic or an ISM that we assign to assess the standard.
Sarah Bethea
My resource is a website called Starfall. It is very useful for students that are in need of help with the phonics and phonemic awareness part of reading. This website can help struggling readers because it allows students to learn vowel sounds in a sequential order. It begins with the easiest short a blend, moves on to long vowel sounds, and ends with r-controlled vowels. When the student selects which sound they are struggling with, there are word making games that go with the sound pattern. The students are read words and given the letters to fill in the boxes that are missing to make words using their specific pattern selected. There is also a visual picture of the word they are trying to make. If the student finishes that, there are also books that the student can choose that go with each sound pattern. The books all begin with a short video review of the sound the pattern makes. Then, the student may either click each word individually to hear it read, or they may click the ear picture and hear the whole sentence read aloud to them. I have used this in my classroom with ELL students that are on a beginning level. It allows them the repetition they need to be able to learn sound patterns. It also gives them repetition with sight words in stories. The site even has grammar practice games for certain grade levels. It is a very useful site. Website: www.starfall.com
Evelyn Kirksey
https://www.readworks.org This is a great site that will aid struggling readers as it provides engaging text with visual aids, and key vocabulary. There are many topics to choose from in most subject areas as you plan your lessons. My kindergarten students love the interesting topics and short passages.
Christy France
The resource that I love is EPIC Books for Kids! https://www.getepic.com/app/personalize_account_type This resource is FULL of texts, audio texts, videos, etc. There are quizzes and activities. I can create standard or subject based collections and share them with my students. Students can use EPIC at home as well.
Christy France
The resource that I love is EPIC Books for Kids! https://www.getepic.com/app/personalize_account_type There are tons of texts, audio books, and videos available. There are quizzes and activities. I can create collections based on a standard or subject and assign them to my students. My students love EPIC!
LeeAnn Malko
I like the resource Epic. It is located at https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator. There are a variety of online books in different genres and levels to access. Students can read by themselves, with a voice, or be read to. My students really seem to enjoy this!
Kristi Dyer
I like using IReady.com since it is a diagnostic tool we already use. I am able to group my students based on the skill that they need to work on. It then provides lessons to use based on the particular skill that my students need to master. The lessons are specific and do not take a lot of time to prep.
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